The Daily Bruin

Your ASC Central Committee has worked hard to represent your concerns and provide activities that serve your needs this semester, and we would like your input on how we have done.  Please take five to seven minutes to complete the survey linked below.

All responses will be kept confidential. As an incentive to participate, if you would like to be entered in a drawing for one of 10 $10 Amazon gift cards, you will have an opportunity to enter your email address at the end of the survey.

ASC Satisfaction Survey

Thanks for your participation.

Meal plans have been rolled over for the spring semester, and charges have been applied to your bill. Students who are eligible to change their meal plan for the spring semester will be able to do so starting Monday, Dec. 18. After this date, please log in to your Housing & Meal Plan Intent Form to make this change. Keep in mind that students living on campus are eligible for meal plans based on the number of completed credits earned.

If you are expecting to change your meal plan for the spring semester and you don’t have the options you were hoping to find, you may need to wait until all your grades have been entered to complete this change. Grades are generally due by Dec. 25. Changes made after Jan. 8, 2018, may be subject to our refund policy. The final deadline for all declining meal plan changes will be Friday, Jan. 19, 2018.

Please refer to our policies and procedures on the Meal Plan Policies & Procedure page. If you have any questions or concerns, contact Jere Witherspoon (jwitherspoon@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2316) in the student life office. When inquiring about your meal plan via email, please include your student ID number.

FoxTALE will be upgraded on Thursday, Dec. 28, and be unavailable from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Pacific Time). We apologize for any inconvenience.

Questions? Contact servicedesk@georgefox.edu or call 503-554-2569.

If you aren’t riding your bike, please consider taking it home this week and bringing it back spring break when the weather is a bit more conducive to bike riding. If that is not a possibility, then please remove it from the outdoor bike racks and keep it in your dorm room or apartment so it isn’t a temptation to thieves.

Thank you!
– Security Services

Below are the Bruin Store hours for commencement and Christmas break …

• Midyear Commencement (Saturday, Dec. 16): 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
• Dec. 18 to Jan. 5: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Closed Dec. 25-27

It’s never too early to order your textbooks! Rent and purchase your spring textbooks now at georgefoxshop.com. In-store pick-up will be available starting Saturday, Dec. 16.

Contact Michael Simmons (msimmons@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

The Wheeler Fitness Center will have different hours over Christmas break (Dec. 17 through Jan. 7). We look forward to seeing you there between bites of Christmas cookies and hot chocolate binging!

Sunday: Closed
Monday-Friday: 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Saturday: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Closed: Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Years Day

We hope you have a wonderful Christmas and Happy New Year!

Normal hours will resume Monday, Jan. 8. Contact Katherine McCombs (kmccombs16@georgefox.edu) with questions.

Mail Services will be open during normal campus operation hours over the Christmas break. Print Services will be closed only during the week of Christmas (Dec. 25-29).

Your ASC Central Committee has worked hard to represent your concerns and provide activities that serve your needs this semester, and we would like your input on how we have done.  Please take five to seven minutes to complete the survey linked below.

All responses will be kept confidential. As an incentive to participate, if you would like to be entered in a drawing for one of 10 $10 Amazon gift cards, you will have an opportunity to enter your email address at the end of the survey.

ASC Satisfaction Survey

Thanks for your participation.

Last call for the lost and found! Please be sure to stop by the security office one last time to check for your lost items before leaving for Christmas break. All items not reunited with their owners will be donated to charitable causes Friday afternoon, so don’t delay!

Contact Nadine Kincaid (nkincaid@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

It’s time to renew your FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid)! Be sure to file your 2018-19 FAFSA by Jan. 1 to ensure you get next year’s financial aid package in a timely manner.

Questions? Contact the financial aid office at fa@georgefox.edu or 503-554-2302.

Below are the Bruin Store hours for commencement and Christmas break …

• Midyear Commencement (Saturday, Dec. 16): 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
• Dec. 18 to Jan. 5: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Closed Dec. 25-29

It’s never too early to order your textbooks! Rent and purchase your spring textbooks now at georgefoxshop.com. In-store pick-up will be available starting Saturday, Dec. 16.

Contact Michael Simmons (msimmons@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

If you ordered a Commuter Life T-shirt, they are in! You can  pick them up in the FoxHole today (Thursday) between 9 and 11 a.m. Please remember to bring $10 exact cash to pick up your shirt. We cannot accept card, check or make change.

If you would like a shirt, but didn’t order one, we have a few extras that you can buy for $10. Just come to the FoxHole today during the two-hour time window above. We will fulfill as many orders as we can while supplies last.

Contact Kristi Welker (kwelker@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

Newberg Curves, a locally owned, women-only gym, has offered to waive 100 percent of its enrollment fee for George Fox employees and students.

The business has scheduled an open house for George Fox community members today (Thursday). Swing by between 6 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. or from 4 to 7 p.m. to take advantage of this offer! Curves is located at 110 N. Everest Road.

Contact Theresa Schierman (tschierman@georgefox.edu) for more information.

Seniors in the health and human performance, exercise science and athletic training education majors will present their senior research projects from 8 to 10 a.m. today (Thursday) in the Wheeler Sports Center’s Room 208. All are invited to come for part or all of the presentations.

Contact Byron Shenk (bshenk@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

Please take one to three minutes to take the George Fox Cafés Survey for a chance to win a free coffee.

Thanks for your feedback!
– April Rose (aprilr10@georgefox.edu)

Cafés Survey

Disclaimer:
These surveys are student generated and are not to be associated with any official research conducted by faculty and staff at George Fox University. Any views or opinions presented in these surveys are solely those of the students and do not represent those of George Fox University. The distribution of these surveys is a service provided to George Fox University students as they prepare their research required by the curriculum. Students are required to have department approval. Any questions about these surveys should be directed to the students associated with the survey in question.

The Office for Spiritual Life has become aware of a need in the Newberg School District with regard to the upcoming holiday break. Forty-eight percent of students in the Newberg School District participate in the free lunch program, and 168 of the students experience homelessness.

Over the winter break, these children and families will have difficulty getting the meals that they need. The spiritual life office is collecting monetary donations and gift cards to local grocery stores and restaurants to aid our neighbors during the Christmas holiday. The last day to submit gift cards and/or donations to the Office for Spiritual Life is today (Wednesday).

Contact Kearsten McCoy (kmccoy@georgefox.edu) if you have any questions.

Thank you!

Need a pick-me-up before your finals? Come get a Krispy Kreme donut and some hot chocolate sold by the university’s theatre honor society, Alpha Psi Omega. They will be on sale in the Bruin Den and Canyon Commons from 9 a.m. to noon today (Wednesday).

For $3, you can get a cup of hot cocoa with a delicious donut and support the theatre department’s journey to the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival in February. Plus, it’s Krispy Kreme. I mean, c’mon.

Got questions? Contact me, Brooke Larson, at blarson15@georgefox.edu.

Your ASC Central Committee has worked hard to represent your concerns and provide activities that serve your needs this semester, and we would like your input on how we have done.  Please take five to seven minutes to complete the survey linked below.

All responses will be kept confidential. As an incentive to participate, if you would like to be entered in a drawing for one of 10 $10 Amazon gift cards, you will have an opportunity to enter your email address at the end of the survey.

ASC Satisfaction Survey

Thanks for your participation.

While most student concerns and complaints can and should be resolved informally, there is a formal general complaint procedure described in the “Support for Students” section of the Undergraduate Student Handbook as well as on the Graduate/DPS Policies page of the website.

Note that these procedures cover complaints of a general nature and do not supersede specific policies involving special cases such as grade appeals, sexual harassment, etc., which are covered elsewhere in the Student Handbook, catalog or Graduate/DPS Policies.

For more information, contact the student life department (studentlife@georgefox.edu).

Commuters: There will be grab n’ go breakfast items in the FoxHole today (Wednesday) between 7:30 and 9 a.m. while supplies last. These items are a quick way to grab breakfast while studying or before taking an exam. Best of luck on your exams this week!

Contact Kristi Welker (kwelker@georgefox.edu) with any questions.